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Recent Examples of test pilot
In Green Lantern, Reynolds portrayed Hal Jordan, a test pilot who is granted superpowers and joins an intergalactic police force via an all-powerful green ring that grants him his powers.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Emily Shilling, one of the transgender soldiers who brought the case, is a naval aviator with 19 years of service and flew 60 combat missions before becoming a Navy test pilot.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
The new season gets off to a strong start in its opening sequence, in which Cassian steals an imperial fighter ship, posing as a test pilot.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
In 1993, Williams was selected to become a naval test pilot and graduated from the course that same year.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Emily Shilling, one of the transgender soldiers who brought the case, is a naval aviator with 19 years of service and flew 60 combat missions before becoming a Navy test pilot.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
The new season gets off to a strong start in its opening sequence, in which Cassian steals an imperial fighter ship, posing as a test pilot.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
In 1993, Williams was selected to become a naval test pilot and graduated from the course that same year.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for test pilot
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On August 19, after climbers and supplies had been organized and a weather window opened up, Alaskan bush pilot Don Sheldon flew the team straight into the Kahiltna Glacier at 9,800 feet to start climbing—nearly three thousand feet above the usual base camp elevation.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
16 Mar. 2025
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On August 19, after climbers and supplies had been organized and a weather window opened up, Alaskan bush pilot Don Sheldon flew the team straight into the Kahiltna Glacier at 9,800 feet to start climbing—nearly three thousand feet above the usual base camp elevation.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
16 Mar. 2025
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Mustered out from the Great War, veteran pilots — still hooked on the adrenaline rush of aerial combat — reenacted their exploits for the screen in rickety biplanes that seemed to have been stitched together from string and paper mache.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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These swans have been spotted by pilots at heights of up to 25,000 feet during their transcontinental migrations between Europe and Asia.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Already bots are handling basic queries from customers, allowing human operators—often working with an AI copilot—to focus on trickier problems.—
Gary Rivlin,
Time,
4 June 2025
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The premise for the second season of his HBO series The Rehearsal is that poor communication between copilots and airplane captains leads to crashes.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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He’s not exactly built to be an innings-eating ace.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Counting the postseason, Halladay made 150 more starts than Martinez in the 2000s, threw a postseason no-hitter, spun a regular-season perfect game, won two Cy Young Awards, had three more top-three finishes and was the ultimate ace for a decade.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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